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| Date | November 18, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC International super featherweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pacquiao wins via 3rd-round KO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manny Pacquiao vs. Erik Morales III, billed as The Grand Finale, was a super featherweight boxing match. The bout took place on November 18, 2006 at the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and was distributed by HBO PPV.[1][2] The bout is the last of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy,[3] widely considered one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time.[4][5][6] The fight also marked a return to HBO for Pacquiao, and the first fight in his four-year contract with Top Rank as his promoter.[7]
Similar to the second fight, Pacquiao entirely dominated the fight, scoring a total of three knockdowns to knock out Morales in the third round.[8]
The winner of the fight was supposed to become the mandatory challenger of WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera, but it was cancelled due to a legal dispute between Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Pacquiao-Morales III slated Nov 18". Philstar.com.
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- ^ "Clash of the Titans: Part I - Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao I-III | Underdog Sports". theunderdogsports.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-19.
- ^ Tate, Justin. "Manny Pacquiao vs Erik Morales and the 15 Greatest Boxing Trilogies of All Time". Bleacher Report.
- ^ "Mulvaney: Can Pacquiao-Morales join all-time great trilogies?". ESPN.com. November 16, 2006.
- ^ Juico, SPORTS FOR ALL BY Philip Ella. "The great trilogies in boxing". Philstar.com.
- ^ "Pacquiao-Morales III draws 350,000 PPV buys, $17.5M". ESPN.com. November 29, 2006.
- ^ "Pacquiao finishes Morales with blistering 3rd-round knockout".
- ^ "Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.